NM NM - Belen, Hwy 116 & Main St, UnkRace/AgeMale, UP8364, mandible in vehicle, Jan'06

[Romulus]

NamUs UP 8364

https://www.identifyus.org/en/cases/8364

Unidentified Body/Remains (Female)

Found January 11, 2006 in Valencia County, NM
Body Condition: Not recognizable - partial skeletal parts only

Probable year of death: to 2006


Vital Statistics
Estimated age: Unknown Age
Approximate Height: cannot estimate
Approximate Weight: cannot estimate
Hair Color: Unknown
Eye Color: Unknown
Scars and marks: nothing

Clothing & Accessories
Clothing: nothing
Jewerly: nothing
Footwear: nothing
Accessories: nothing

Identifiers
Fingerprints: Fingerprint information is not available
Dentals: Dental information / charting is available and entered
DNA: Sample submitted-tests complete

Case History: Older model, Ford F-150 found parked along roadside of Hwy 116 and Main St outside of city limits. NMSP had the vehicle towed to a tow yard in Belen on 10/25/2005. On the date of 1/11/2006, staff at the yard were contacted by a couple that had come to see the vehicle, and when they came to the truck, were overheard saying, 'its still there'. The couple informed the staff that they would come back and pay for the storeage, and claim the vehicle at a later date. After they left, the worker who overheard them went to see in the vehicle as to what they had spoken of. When the worker looked into truck, he came across the mandible laying in the cab of the pickup, on the floor. The vehicle came back registered to a female from Belen, with an address that was not valid. Vin of the vehicle was 1FTC15H7FPBO7739, with a plate of 324 JYH. Teeth from the mandible had been submitted for DNA, but a re-submission was requested, and the mandible has been submitted to the FBI for DNA abstraction.

 

[mmtp777]

Interesting that it says unknown age but all of the ruleouts have a birth year of 2001-2003 and all went missing as infants.

Mariah Carter 2001 North Carolina
Shausha Henson 2001 Oregon
Ta'Niyah Leonard 2001 Florida
Jasmine Ortiz 2003 Virginia
Jacqueline Vasque 2001 Arizona

 

[cvaldez1975]

Seems obvious what happened


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[Dr.Strangelove]

Seems obvious what happened


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I have ideas, but what do you think happened?

 

[cvaldez1975]

child abuse type death. hid the body for a long period of time and prob then moved it somewhere else. idk why they would leave just the mandible in their truck and abandon it though... very odd.

I have ideas, but what do you think happened?

 

[mmtp777]

Another question I have is how they could tell the mandible was female if it came from a child that young.

 

[Romulus]

Tara Calico missing from Belen, but the probable year of death is 2006.

 

[Romulus]

Bump!

 

[Rojofox]

Hey everyone! I have been tracking this case since I grew up in Belen.
Recently, the description was changed to MALE! This was in July 2020.

I also spoke to a friend of mine who works in dentistry, and he is certain that the dental X-rays look like they are from an adult person who possibly used drugs, and that some of the teeth looked broken, like the person had been hit in the mouth with something. So it seems that the little girls that were excluded were more of a red herring, and were excluded because they were the wrong age and sex.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

The only adult male missing from that county is Othel Ernest Johnson, missing since 1956.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

That said, there are 6 other adult men that went missing from nearby counties.

 

[Rojofox]

I’ll definitely look into this. He suspected that the xrays showed tooth decay due to drug use, but they had had dental work (fillings iirc) done within the last decade. Not sure if that will actually be helpful or not. I’ll be looking at who you posted, victoriarobinson

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Bumping case up.

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I can't come up with a theory about this case, but if he's a victim of any kind, I hope he will be identified by DNA soon. I wonder what LE makes of this case.

 

[subaw0067]

What an interesting case. Where is the rest of this person I wonder?